Libertatem Magazine Issue 1 | Page 38

Although Uber claimed that it had employed Shiv Kumar based on his "Character Certificate" "issued" by police, police stated that the certificate was "fake" and lodged forgery case against the cab driver. An FIR was registered against Uber for cheating its customers and violating lawful orders of government. The FIR was lodged under Section 420 and 188 read with 34 of the IPC. The international cab booking company was banned in Delhi, and faced a similar fate in the nine other cities in India including Mumbai. According to police, the accused, Shiv Kumar Yadav was claiming it was a "consensual" encounter for which he had agreed to pay the Delhi woman the Rs. 20,000 she allegedly demanded. "He claimed that